Appointment of the San Jose Nuevo Palmar Lands Advisory Committee

Belmopan. August 26, 2021. 3:25 p.m. 

The Ministry of Natural Resources, Petroleum and Mining, as the agent on behalf of the Government of Belize for land known as “Miller’s Bight” in collaboration with the Ministry of Rural Transformation, hereby notifies that the elections for the San Jose Nuevo Palmar Lands Advisory Committee were conducted on Sunday, August 22, 2021, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the village community centre.

A total of 15 candidates were nominated and 406 voters participated in the election. A total of 2,631 votes were casted whereas 11 votes were spoilt. The results of the votes yielded the members for appointment as follows:

PLACEMENT

NOMINEE

TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES

1

Wincy Perez

309

2

Tarsila Pol

296

3

Sonia Tun

288

3

Adolfo Cantun

288

5

Clarita Chan

284

6

Gerson Cantun

277

7

Lucilo Cantun

274

The Ministry of Natural Resources, Petroleum and Mining thanks the descendants from San Jose Nuevo Palmar for their cooperation during this event and gives official recognition to the members appointed by election to the Lands Advisory Committee.

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